The Sun. — London, England, 1826-07-25 00:00:00

}'M: r r SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The report on the alleged conspiracy in Russia will, of course be 'lodged among the archives of that empire, and must, from motives of complaisance, be admitted into those of the Fokeign-office, as well in England as elsewhere, with other official communicatiens. If, however, the Im perial Government supposed that a foimal proceeding in the nature of an inquest, carried on by a commission of seven or eight members, all of whom were officers about the court,, and four of them aides-decamp to the absolute Sovereign by whom the professed inquiry had been insti ttited--sif, we say, the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh con ceived that such a court of inquiry would have credit with the,:more civilized nations of Europe, or with the less ci vilized Russians themselves,' for impartiality in examining evidence, or veracity in stating facts; or wisdom in draw ins political inferences connected with any questionbetween prince iisd subject which might be submitted to them, the said Cabinet must be even less clear-sighted than the crea tures WhOm. it wishes to hold forth as engaged in a series of formidable projects against the Crown of 'Russia. We have had " green bags in this kingdom now and then, more - or less dishonestly got up according to the exigency of 'the occasion. But the green bag brought forward by Admiral Tstischeff and the aides-de-camp, is another sort of an instrument. We believe it to be a bona fide com position as to the end s ---that is to say the offspring of real alsrm on the part of the Imperial Government—though medicated somewhat as to the means ; disclosing in the midst of much flimsy babble, a good deal of dextrous sups pressionS of smooth assumption, and consequent mystifi cation, with such a contempt for the form as well as sub stance of fair argument as becomes him who is better skilled in handliog bayonets than reasons. We repeat, nevertheless, that the Court of Russia seems to have been persuaded of the fact which it aimed at enforcing upon the rest of the world. There is no doubt that a dis turbance took place at St. Petershurgh last December ; and any 'disturbance, where there exists neither law nor freedom is sufficiently alarming to the only constituted power of the state. But neither was it easy to account for such a phenomenon in Russia, where disloyal plots ' had been in former cases, confined to a few courtiers, far removed from any sympathy with national interests or feelings. It is certain that if a native of Northumberland' could be nursed and ripened to manhood in a coal-mine, he would be little alive to the destructive tendency of the fire-charged vapours which surrounded him. He might have heard of their bursting suddenly and annihilating all that drew , breath within them, but he would discredit the ex istence of a safer and purer atmosphere. So can the royal natives of a despotic region find it difficult to conceive that their own sky is deeply impregnated with the fire damp, and. tending every instant to explode. The minis ters of the reigning Autocrat of Russia, haWever, sought for a clue to the novelty. of an insurrection extending be yond the precincts of the Court itself, and seeking the gra tification of some' purpose different from that of personal vengeance upon a tyrant, or of escape front his caprices, in the principle-of which we have: just been speaking— the necessity that men should learn an impatience of despotic govermhent from experiencing or observing some thing} better. They accordingly instructed their military commissioners to go back to the tairipaigns which termi nated the career of Buonaparte, for materials out of which they might deduce a possible inoeidtition of the armed vassals of Russia with sentiments which, within the ter ritory of their master, they could not, except by miracle have learned. It seems to us, probable that, to a certain point, tins search succeeded—and that the elements of a spirit of revolution in Russia might he fairly traced to the intercourse of her, armies with those of Germany, in 1813, 1814, 1815, and 1816 ; inasmuch as, although the Rus sian troops fought bravely in defence of their own soil And Government before they had passed: the frontier, the patriotic spirit with which they. came in contact afterwards, and which raised the Germans against the invading power, was love of country blended with, and reinforced by, that of human liberty. The Germane were not: mere soldiers in that war ; they were, the Austrians alone excepted, as l otion of 'enthusiasts, Fraught with high moral senti ments---fresh front the study, of their rights as men—and ennobling the sense of personal shame, by time boldest theories of abstract policy and justice. There is little doubt upon our minds, from the nature of man, much more than from the report of M. Tatischeff and his fellows, that the general excitement and attraction of the scenes which the Russian officers were engaged in, of the cause for which they fought, and of the intercourse to which they were exposed, must hive imbued a considerable num ber of them with strong feelings for the improvement of their own country, and for something like an approach of leer political institutions, if not to the matured liberty of England, or to the nascent representative system of France, at least to the less obdurate and intractable Governments of Prussia, Bavaria, and other German kingdoms. Up to this point we are disposed to think that the, report on the " conspiracy" makes out a case against the parties accus eds--if that can be called a case against them, which would equally designate as criminal the best and ablest citizens of the present age, and of the most enlightened States on earth : for see, on the showing of the report itself, what were the objects originally aimed athy these " conspirators." " The members declared that they had no intentions against the Goierinnent, and that they pursued their labours in secret only to avoid the perverted constructions of malevolence and hatred. The members divided themselves into fens branches; the first had for its object philanthropy nod beneficence, public and private. The second haul for its object' intellectual and, moral education—the establishment of schools, particularly on time Lancasterian system,' and in general co-operation in the instruction of youth. To the members of this section was confided the inspeition of all 'schools.; The third luul for itir object to watch over the proceedings of the tribunals. Its members engaged themselves not to refuse any judicial appointment that should be offered, to fulfil their duties with teal and exactness, „to encourage persons of integrity em ployed about the tribunals, and to denounce to time Government those who betrayed their trust. The metnhers of the fourth eine were to devote themselves to political economy, to encourage in dustry, to consolidate public credit, and to oppose monopolies." UtiViun such schemes might well be called; and insp. plicahle they were to Russia in her actual condition : but suppose these men had been suffered to print and circu late their - views without concealment, :would a rational Cioverninent have had any thing to fear from them ? Would not their errors tuul false reasonings, and plans where impracticable, have been exposed by the same pubs lie press which brought them into notice '? But no; it was slam that could there be no such thing es fret agency in ftussia—that were it but to cross a street, no propo sition mould' be entertained as lawful which did not emanate from the Sovereign, and act under his guid ance: The sense of slavery envenomed the most virtuous turd laudable designs ; the certainty of he ft* opposed 'in what "Witg plainly right, or of being punished for attempting it, suggested inevitably a second thought, viz. that the restraining and chas tising power must he slatted, before a single good was to be achieved. Yet even there, it appeara in evidence, that an object with many.of the 'parties was to act slowly Upon the public mind; nor is there any solid. ground es , sa sai s h e d by the report' for suspecting, that personal violence upon she Sovereign or his family was seriously contemplated by any of these Russian revolutionists t at the same time we are ready to admit, that' if , the tlespo- Lion of the Czars is to be perpetuated, it must be by oppressing in /inane every movement towards liberty of “Eing, speaking, and thin kin g in their vassals. The a ' eror Nicholas, we are very sure, laments as sincerel y Em ic e other hum ane , person in the world , the loss of so as 16, u nhappycause.— Times. many b:'ve men a lives in this who arrived in town yesterday morning A gentleiSial b i, Itrhood of Blackburn, in Lancashire, re presents the t r i 'S distress in that district tos far acceding any presents toe w stre ml i tde of it. It is impossible to past description he has se i ett o ig the quarter, without witnestmg ending kind. -Groups of woman public rot In mat s w e i tfs l eS 4t o4 ali th; r n n o o sottlilleerargtar-rment than a shift fastened at the -waist, mind ike4trody reaching to the k nees, and .ap p nrcutlY S , ,the t . w "e of risk Locoictroor bictihilegvteohdiectsilitioliich Nvii tho „r (J. or run over; and their expressions and gestures of wild gratitude at the smallest alms, forms one of the most af fecting scenes that can be imagined. The effects of this general state of destitution are beginning, be says, to fall on the landed proprietors ; and not less than six or seven farms, it appears, were thrown up last week by the te nano; of Sir Robert Peel. Our informant maintains that it is most absurd to brand with the character of alarmists those who have dwelt emphatically on the distresses of the country, since every description must fall short of the truth, and fail to convey any adequate impression of the real state of things. The first experiment of a branch of the Bank of England has at length commenced, and is now in full operation at Gloucester. It is too early to form any con jecture on its effect there. By the local hanks, with whose business it interferes, the establishment is of course re garded with jealousy. It appears to lead them in the first instance to a contraction of their already limited is sues, and to collect es large a stock of gold as they can, in order that even the presentation of the whole amount they have in circulation may subject them to no inconvenience. This feeling of jealousy at the interference of the Bank of England in the country circulation is likely to manifest it self still more strongly at other places, and particularly among the Lancashire bankers, who already trade for the most part in Bank of England notes and guineas, and who affirm that they have at their imme diate disposal all the funds that can possibly be re quired in aid of the manufacturing interest ; that they are fully prepared, in fact, to do all that the :‘ great establishment" can perform, and in a mode attended with equal benefit and security to all the parties concerned. From this feeling, it is . natural to ex pect that every obstacle imaginable will be thrown by the parties in the way of branch banks, but time alone will show whether such opposition will create any serious im pediment to their establishment. It is certain that the great dealers in money in the city coMplain of a difficulty of employment for it, which is almost unprecedented. There is, indeed, scarcely any to be found, except in GO verninent securities of one description or other. Private transactions, in trade, which are represented by bills of exchange, have diminished incredibly as . regards the city of London; so that that source, always regarded, when prudently regulated, as a safe medium for the employment of capital, is almost entirely cut off: Yet trade may be assumed as one of the bases of national prosperity, and the failure of demand, therefore, from that quarter, which is indicated by the present abundance of money, is any thing but a test that, as a nation, we are doing well.— Times. Several of our contemporaries are urging the 'necessity of an immediate appeal to the wisdom of Parliament, un der the national embarrassments. We, however, think that there never was a period when less advantage could be gained by assembling the legislature than at present. In giving this opinion we are influenced by the considera tion that no solid benefit could be,derived from it; and that consequently it would, so far from allaying discontennt, increase it by creating disappointment. On all occasions where legislation can reach the evil, we are desirous that the country should have the benefit of the deliberations of so perfect an epitome of the good sense, integrity, and in formation, of England, as the second and third estates of the realm have presented, notwithstanding what Palace yard orators may say to, the contrary. But can Parlia ment, we would ask, however intensely it may apply it self to the consideration of the subject of our existing distress, give food to the hungry, or work to the unem ployed, under the present circumstances of the Empire. It could only apply palliatives, which would increase the evil. The extension of the free system to the Corn Trade might indeed receive the sanction of the Legislature; but, with all our anxiety to see that sound principle adopted, it would be dishonest in in; to assert that it would afford immediate relief to the sufferings of the Manufacturers of Lancashire and Yorkshire ; because, previously, means mast be foUnd for them to purchase it. The fact is, too large a proportion of our population is engaged in- Mann , factures, to the neglect of our Agriculture, Visbories, and other departments of national. imboary ; and until. We , ritp. pair that evil, by turning a portion of it now engaged in ma. nufactures to other pursuits, the body politic cannot become in a healthy, state. This operation, it is admitted, will take time; but the crisis is arrived, and we ought to take ttd , vantage of it, not fight it off by palliatives. But this must be done by the enterprise of individuals, encouraged and assisted by the Government, and not by Acts ofPar liament—at least Parliament could do but 'little in it at present. The privations of the manufacturing population press as heavily on our mind as they can do on-those of any of Our contemporaries;; but we cannot so far forget our duty ;is to urge the assembling of Parliament, when we can see no immediate advantage to arise from it. Mi nisters, much to their credit, wrung a boon from the landed interest, although it was a small one, before the dissolution; and the effects of that will be felt in addi - -; tion to those of the harvest, which always have a ten dency to lower the price of the corn. In our consciences we believe that the operatives would not be in the slightest degree relieved by , prematurely calling , Parliament to gether, and upon every other consideration of the ques tion, we deprecate the measure as one fraught with many evils; one of the principal of, which would be, either the adoption of palliatives, or the - infliction of severe disappointment to those who are certainly not now in a condition to bear it. Upon the same principle we would ,oppose any relief from the Government, which would en gender high expectations, and ultimately bitter regret.— British Press. Absenteeism is justly considered one of the principal causes of the degraded and miserable state of - the lower orders in Ireland. To maintain a contrary position would be to contend that the example, the fostering care and as sistance, of a resident nobility and gentry, do not tend to the comfort and improvement of their tenants. , How deeply then is to he deplored the practice resorted to by the priests in Ireland in, the late elections, which must have the effect of aggravating the evil already felt from the inattention of landlords! Hitherto the Irish peaiants have had to complain only of the indifference of their land lord, who has left them at the meaty . of an agent, while he spends the rents derived from their labour in a foreign country. They will in future have to .Complain, not mere, ly of absent but of resident la»dlordS, whose good-will has been converted into vengeance by their own misconduct. It hi to the kindness and good feeling that subsist between landlord and tenant that England is indebted for the im , • , im proved state of society which it enjoys. In every part of the empire, into which these habits and feelings have been introduced, they have been visible in the superior state ol those who have come within their influence. The im• proved condition of the estates of the Countess of Suthen laud, in Scotland, afford a striking illustration of this ob, servation.—Representative. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-MM.—Tar CvsTost-itousx.—lt has been found necessary to prop up this building, in the erection of whielk there have been such egregious blunders. Application has been made to the Lord Mayor to block up Thames-street, in order to enable the workmen to proceed with the work of underpinning , the edifice, to which it will be necessary to have a much deeper foundatiOn. To this application the Loan MAYOR said, lie was compelled to give a denial, in consequence of the irreparab le in j ur y wldch the stopping up of such a thoroughfare was calculated to do to trade. Ills Lordship, however, expressed his readiness to adopt, ftir the purpose of facilitating the work, any course which ap- I , Tpl not to he at such variance with public convenience. 411 that the tints occupied , 1 .7 1. .. 4 #eton, who attended officially as surveyor of the sewers, . e tec , . , t an he a neeesaity that existed for underpinning the Custom six nun:all*. would probably not be less than _ . . The Loonrfavoa suggested the adoption of some plan by which such dreadful ineotiven'unui e would he avoided ; aml the following was Yesterday submitted to him Boucher, the Yeoman of the Channel , ---The whole of the building to be undorphmotis and piles to be driven 14, feet bel ow t h e present foundation, which has been proved n) be to tiCklleh a one. The shores to 'support the building to be of euvrmou* atrvu, s tii, projecting 24 feet Anal gig front, and enclosed by a hoard, 280 feet in length, for the protec tion of the public. The space left by this plan will be sufficient to admit two carriages to pass in the middle. The hoard to begin at the west wing of the building ; and, as soon as that end is finished, another hoard to be erected at the east wing, leaving a passage for one carriage. This project of making a foundation for an' immense building, which has been raised upon a bad foundation, is considered very bold. The whole of the front of the Custom-house will be hanging upon the shores while the workmen are driving the piles which are to constitute the future foundation. The Loan MAYOR stated to the Yeoman of the Channel, that he was anxious to do every thing possible to mitigate the inconve nience which the public must suffer by this undertaking ; and therefore he should submit the plan for the consideration of the Commiasionera of Sewers. The subject is to be immediately brought before the Commis sioners. The builders are Messrs. Baker and Lee, who are the contractors for the new Post-Office. A man of respeetable appearance, named Thrall, was charged with having stabbed a boy, with a cane-sword, in Gracechurch street, on Saturday evening. Cowton, the officer, stated, that as he was passing through Gracechurch-street, he saw the prisoner putting a cane-sword into its sheath, and it was said that the prisoner had stabbed . a boy. Witness saw a boy, named 'Holton, soon afterwards, and found that ho had been stabbed in the thigh. A Mr. Caltborpe stated, that the prisoner, who was very tipsy, fell up against, and broke his window. Sonic persons desired Dwan to keep himself up, and he ran against Molton, who was going along inoffensively, awl then drew his sword, and stabbed the boy with it in the thigh. The prisoner was in a state of drunken madness at the time, and had frightened all the passel,- germ from the pavement. The Lonv Maxon made some observations upon the danger ous practice of carrying cane-swords, which the present state of society did not render at all necessary; and remanded the pri soner for nine days. GUILDHALL. —Nary Renton, Ann Stevens, and Margaret Atkins, three decent-looking females, were severally charged, be fore Mr. Alderman llamas, with attempting to convey spirituous liquors into the Debtor's Prison, Whitecross-street. They were committed to the House of Correction for one month ; and the worthy Alderman gave notice, that he would send all future offenders for three months. 'lke premium upon a quartern of gin wan 6d. last week within the walla of the prison. Michael Byrne, a tall exile of Erin, who officiates as one of the guardians of the night and in about Bartholomew Close, was next pl ace d a t the bar, charged with having annoyed and disturbed one Mr. Robert Brockley, in breech of the King's peace, and his duty as u watchman. It appeared in evidence, that Mr. Brockley resides in Bartholo mew-place, and about three o'clock in the morning of Sunday last, he being then quietly asleep with Mrs. B„ he was sud denly awoke by some one beating upon the door of his house with the end of a heavy staff—thump ! thump ! Mrs. B. was conse quently very much alarmed; and whilst they were conjecturing what it might be, the thumpings were repeated ; whereupon Mr. Brockley left his warm bed, and popping his head out of the win dew, he saw it was this Byrne, the watchmen. "What do you want, Watchey ?" said Mr. Brockley; to which Byrne replied by 'asking " Is it yourself r " It is," replied Mr. Brockley. " Why then," said Michael, " it's almost four o'clock—arn't you going to get up ? " What should I get up for ?" demanded the angry Mr. Brockley ; but Michael, instead of'vouchsafing him any satisfactory answer, walked away, " with a grumbling sort of a growl," and Mr. Brockley, having sent a few good wishes after him, got into bed again and fell asleep. But in less than half an hour; ViChael was at the door again—thump ! thump ! thump " Confound the rascal !" cried Mr. Brockley,-jumping out abed again and poking his head into the cold morning air ;-- "what the plague do you want ?" " Is it yourself?" again. asked the vexatious Michael. "To be sure it's myself," respond ed Mr. Brockley—" who the d—l else do you think it is ? What—do—you want, I ask you again?" "'Fait then, I wants my rights—that's what we may think rasonable, for knocking ye up last Sathuiday morning." Mr. Brockley now recollected that he had been called up by Michael, at his own request, a few winnings before, and that he had not given him any thing for his trouble ; but angry at being disturbed on that account at this unseasonable hour, he desired Michael to go about his business, and call upon bins at some more convenient season. Michael did go ; but in another half hour be was thumping at the door again, and thereupon Mr. Brockley became so angry that he got up, and calling for the interference of the night constable, Michael was adjudged to he drunk t, his staff and lantern were taken Irons him, ' irisuome ea ,text ter , 11. e re azgyie was . e.,,,s m ns. the Al dennau. %odd lie now scowl upon hug dehsersuce beton, the Al dennau. " WtU, Michael Byrne," said the Alderman, " don't you think this was very pretty conduct for a watchman ?" "'Fait then, your Honour, I don't," replied Michael ; "hut my wife's gone down into Wales, and I'd nobody at all to take care of me." Poor Michael having said this, pulled a very long face, and showed symptoms of weeping ; ,whereupon the night constable and Mr. Brockley explained that they had made inquiry into his circtinistances, and found that he bad 10s. a week pension from Chelsea Hospital, besides 20s. a week as a labourer at the India House, and 18s. a week as a watchmen ; all which his wife re ceived with het. own hands as it became due; but she having g °tie into the country to see her relations , he had been bewil dered with the possession of so much money, and getting drunk, had misconducted himself as above stated. " Sure enough, its God's truth," added Michael; " for I lost my half year's piushion out of my pocket, and.auffert much, and acknowledge my error to your Lordship and the other gentlemen, in regarduf my wife being out of town, and nobody at all to take care of me." The Alderman told him that a man who could not take care' of himself was very unfit to be a watchman, whose duty it was to take care of everybody ; but Upon his manifesting so much con trition, if Mr. Brockley would forgive him, he might :go about my business, and try to conduct himself better in future. Mr. Brockley was not inexorable, and honest Michael was set at liberty. mARyLEBoNE.—Hannah White was charged by a con stable with having entered the Spanish chapel, on Sunday after noon, in a drunken state, and with disturbing the congregation by hallooing and hooting at the deck, and using the most dis graceful language. The prisoner, who was a most wretched looking being, said that she was starving, and the clerk owed her some money, and she was driven by desperation to the above act. She denied being drunk. . The Magistrate, after a suitable admonition, dismissed hen lIATTON-GARDEN.—Fanny Shepherd, a woman far ad vanced in years, was charged by Thomam Roe, baker, with robbing her ready furnished lodgings. Ann4l. oo , wife of the prosecutor, stated that the prisoner took a ready furnished room in her husband's house, Saffron-hill, for which she agreed to pay a weekly rent. She continued to reside in the apartment .• for three months, when having contracted several debts i n th e neighbourhood she left her lodgings claudes tinely. It was then discovered that she had taken from the bed a pair of sheets, one blanket, and a bolster. The articles were traced to two pawnbrokers' shops in the neighbourhood, where they had been pledged in the prisoner's name. Timothy Perry, s h opma n to Mr. Brown, pawnbroker, Fet ter-lane, produc e d a b o l ster pledged at his master's shop on the 20th of May last, which Mrs. Roe proved to be the one which she had lost. Mr. LAING—Now, Sir, look at the prisoner at the bar, and say who pledged that bolster at your master's shop. Perry—l really cannot s ay, Sir, who it was that pledged the holster. Mr. LAING—To the best of your knowledge and belief, was it not the prisoner? Perry—l.eannot take upon myself to say it was she who pledged the bolster. lime had an opportunity of observing her for the last hour, and h ave no recol l ect i on of having s een h er on t h e d ay in question. Mr. Lama—Perh a p s I c an refresh your memery, Si r . I perceive what y ou are d r i v i ng a t, but you sh a ll not succee d , I promise you.. I again ask you on your oath, Sir, was it, or was it not, the prisoner at the bar who pledged this bolster at your master's shop ? • Perry—l have already answered you, Sir, that I cannot recol lect the person who brought this article to pawn. Mr. Laino.:—Th en you r efuse to answer my question ? Perry—l have answered you, Sir, to the best of my knowledge and belief. Mr. I..ststo.—l have a very great mind to commit you to pri son forthwith; however, I will give you ten minutes to make el) your mind, and if at the expiration of that time you still Persist to evade my questions, I will commit you to the House of Cor rection for refusing to answer me. Lit hink be removed i n to the ne x t mom, and see that he is secure. The witness was then removed, and in ten minutes he wits ag ain brought forward. LA1g0,.....A re you now willing to answer my question, or are you prepared to-take the consequence.? Perry,..4 mum siie ally other answer to your question than that which I have already given. I cannot take upon me to swear that the prisoner pledged the bolster. Mr. Latua.—To the best of your knowledge and belief, was it she who pledged it ? Perry.—To the best of my knowledge and belief, it was not she who pledged it. Mr. LAlwa (to the clerk)—Write that down. You have prevaricated most shamefully, Sir ; and I have a strong mind to commit you, but I shall leave you to be dealt with at the Old Bailey, where I shall send this case for trial. Perry,L-1 have not prevaricated, Sir ; I deny it. Mr. balm—Don't dare to answer me, Sir. You are the most insolent fellow that ever came before a magistrate. Perry.—l came here to speak the truth, and I have done so. Mr. LAING...-I do not believe you have spoken the truth ; you have prevaricated shamefully. Mr. LAING, on looking at the ticket, observed, that there was. an omission, which, under the Act of Parliament, would render the pawnbroker liable to a penalty of 10/ ; namely, for the des cription of the individual, pawning the Property, not being fully set out, as housekeeper or lodger, and for the number of the house, and situation of the street not being inserted ; and he concluded, by informing the witness, that he would have an information laid against his employer. Mr. Laing then added, that he should send the case to the Old Bailey, and if the witness prevaricated there in the same way, be would be treated with teas indulgence than in this instance. He would, however, strongly recommend the complainant to lay an information against the fellow's master. The parties then withdrew, the prisoner being fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Tit TABLEs Tußamp. John Took, # respectable-looking man, was charged by Moses Lockett and James Robinson, two earthenware dealers, with having pushed against the said Moses, and, by jerking a basket from his head, with breaking china to the value of 9s. Mr. Toole charged the complainants at the same time with being drunk. Moses stated the above charge, and was confirmed by Robinson. Mr. Toole stated, thathe was passing down Broad-street, when the complainants collared and charged him with the said mischief of which he knevi nothing till then, and that they were both very drunk. Several watchmen swore to the last fact, and they were both fined ss. Mr. Toole was of course discharged. A Mr. Davis, who described himself a gentleman, but who was charged with being a Very violent one, was fined 61. for being drunk at a public-house on Sunday afternoon. He was leaving the bar, when the beadle who apprehended him, charged him with au assault on both hint and his new gold-laced, cocked-hat, inasmuch that the head of the said beadle was covered with bruiser, and the said gold-laced cocked hat with mud. Sir G. FARRANT.-.-" Well, Sir, what have you to say, for at tacking the beadle and his cocked hat?' Mr. Davis seemed rather backward in saying any thing, and on Sir Groent: advising a settlement with the beadle, be very gladly agreed to it, and left the bar for that purpose. UNION-HALL—Yesterday Mr. Poole, the dramatist, at ' tended at this office for the purpose of applying for an assault warrant against Mr. R. W. Elliston, by whom he had been as saulted in Vauxhall-gardens on Friday night. Mr. Poole, stated, that on . Friday night last, as he was walking round the promenade of Vauxhall-gardens, accompanied by two friends, one of whom was now in attendance, he was exceedingly surprised by ,a person stepping up in front of him frem amongst the company, which was very numerous at the time in the walks, and striking him (the applicant) a blow; this person he could not exactly distinguish at the moment of the assault ; he however broke away front hie friends and seized his assailant by the collar, whotn he then discovered to be Mr. R. W. Elliston, the lessee of Drury lane Theatre. A scuffle immediately succeeded the blow, which was put an end to by the interference of his (Mi. Poole's,) two friends. Mr. Poole then apprised the Magistrate that the object of his application was to obtain a warrant against Mr. Elliston for committing so unwarrantable an assault upon his per son in the public place of amusement above-mentioned. A Mr. Jones, who accompanied Mr. Poole to Vauxhall on the night in question, corroborated his friend's statement of the assault. The Magistrate expressed some surprise on bearing the state , - ment, observing, that he recollected having seen in some of the Newspapers, au account of law proceedings between the applicant and the person whom he now charged with having assaulted him. If he (the Magistrate) was correct, an action wherein Mr. Poole and Mr. Elliston were the parties had been tried a short time ago, in oon nt . ,t114 law Courts ; reohably the assault , now complait*4 of arose . out ' of the eiretunstailee,, attending that action. Mr. Poole did not on the present occasion enter into it state ment of the provocation on either the one side or the other that led to the assault he now complained of, but he requested that his application might be granted. Mr. SwAny said, that it would not expedite the matter to bring Mr. Elliston to the office by a ‘Varrant, but recommended the applicant to indict him at the ensuing sessions for the assault. This method of proceeding in the case, the Worthy magistrate ob served, would save a good deal of trouble as well .as exposure to the parties concerned in it. Perhaps, added Mr. Swabey, the affair might be Arranged without having recourse to any criminal proceedings, as the assault did not. appear to be an aggravated one. Mr. Poole expressed his determination of following up the busi ness, and intimated, that he preferred taking out a warrant against Mr. Elliston instanter, as he, had beef informed th a t h e was on the point of leaving town for the country. Was he (Mr. Poole) to take the advice, of the magistrate with respect to indiCt ing Mr. Elliston, in all probability that gentleman would be at a distance from London when the sessions commenced, therefore the necessity of granting a warrant was obvious. Mr. Burnaby, the clerk, mentioned that the Sessions for the county of Surrey commenced on the 27th instant. Mr. Poole. As Mr. Elliston is about to leave town, his being brought up here under the authority of a warrant, will be a secu rity for his appearance at the Sessions; but, on the oth er h an d, if that mode of proceedi ng i s no t a d o pt e d, it will be the most uncer tain' thing in the world where Mr. Elliston is to be found. The Magistrate then put the usual questions to Mr. Poole, as to his having been struck in the first instance by Mr, Elliston, without giving any provocation, on the night in question, and Mr. Poole having sworn to that fact, an assault warrant was ac cordingly granted against Mr. Elßaton. • The late King George 111., sent as a present to the Emperor of China, a handsome town-built chariot. On board the vessel which conveyed it (it was packed in separate pieces) a mand ar i n atten d ed, to see i t mounted and put together, that he might inform him self of the uses of the several parts.—ffe readily under stood all the rest but the two seats, the one within and the coachman's seat, covered of course with a superb hammer-cloth, perplexed him: 44 For whom is that seat ?" said he, pointing to the inside of the carriage. He' was told it was for the Emperor. « And that ?" pointing to the coach-box. a For the man who guides the horses." aDo you think," said he, with a sudden burst of indignation, that our glorious sovereign, the son of the sun, &c. will allow any one to be placed higher than himself ?" EXECUTION'.—On Friday last, at about 12 o'clock, George enthrall paid the forfeit of his life for an aggravated assault and robbe r y, co mmitted a tßongliton - -green, Northampton, the last n i g ht o f t h e f a ir. Since his . conviction the un h a pp y man has been -far from evincing any signs of real peniten t * but on the contrary, 'llse lal very l a t e ly appeared to brave his approach ing fat e . The nee. W, Drake, chaplain to the county g ao l, who' had been unremitting in his attention to the wretched man, ad ministered the sacrament to him previous to his ascending the fatal drop. When he had arrived on the drop, he calmly`cur veyed the vast concourie of spectators which stood b e f ore la m When the rope was a djusted.round his neck, and just before the cap.was drawn over his face, he threw his shoes from off his feet among the crowd. Il l is, it it is understood, was done in con eof a vulgar expression made use of against a d "- queue epraved character, " that he will die with his s hoes on ," meaning that the peraall will be hung. After spending a few moments in fervent raw, he gave the signal by- letting fall his Phandkerchief, when the bolt was drawn, and the drop fell. A num b er f females im mediately ascended the drop to have their 'of ' was a fine athletic man, standing about five rubbed. Catherall e feet nine inches high. By his own account he was born of respectable parents, at Bolton, i n Lancashire. He was forme rly a private sold' • lei, and, front the peoance of his back when stripped, ap r suffered from the lath. On has several times severely Tuesdaylast he observed, that if be began then, he could not relate the catalogue of his offences by the morning of his exeimti on (F r i d ay). On'the morning be was banged, lie said he remembered having robbed a fellow -town sman that very day six months. Catherall , was the boxer kn own b y the name of "Lancashire the youth," who fought about a year since at Warwick. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, FRIDAY, Jinx 213. G. Barrett, Mattock, Somerset, at the Rummer Taverit, Bristol, at lt T. Bird, Liverpool—George, Liverpool 1 T. Edwards, Halstead, FASPY—White Hart, Bocking Field and Royston, Leeds—Court_house, L ee d s S. George, sen. and jun. Bristol--Commercial Rooms, Bristol Rollick and Co. Cambridge--Eagle, Cambridge _ _ W. Jones, Yeovil---George, Brainiter Knight and Wilkinson, Great Horton, York—Court-house, 11 .Leeds T. Mills, C,ockfield—Six Bells, Bury St. Edmund 5......... 8 J. Penlington, Liverpool—George, Liverpool ............... 1 Prentice and Shelley, Manchester—Crown, Stone ...... ...• • It ) T. Robothara, Derby—New Inn, Derby ................. 1 I .W. Shackles, Kingston-on-Hull—George, Kingston-on-Hull 11 Walbank, Keighley, York—Talbot, Bradford ............ 11 t. Woods, Cambridge—Eagle, Cambridge ..................... 11 SATURDAY, JULY 29. (. Barrett, Martocl, Somerset—Rummer Tavern, Bristol le J. Bell, Liverpool—George, Liverpool 1 R. &S. Blakey, Ossett, Dewsbury—Sessions-house , Wakefield 2 R. Burrell, juii. Wakefield—Sessions-house, Wakefield 11 J. Carr, Wyerridale, Lancashire—Office of Mr. Woodburn, 0 Preston Cavenagh and Co. Bath and Bristol—York-house, Bath ll E. Cooke, jun. Eye, Suffolk—Six Bells, Bury St. Edmunds Hi Fairclough, Hindley, near Wigan—Golden Lion, Liverpool It E. Foden, Warwick—Warwick Arms, Warw i c k J. Fountain, Norwich—Rampant House , N orwich J. Hayden, Southampton—Mr. Martell's office, Portsmouth 12 J. Kent, Huddersfield—Packhorse, Huddersfield • J. Liddell, Huddersfield—Packhorse, Huddersfield ...... ... . . .1. and G. Marsden, Cartworth, kirlcburton—White Lion, Huddersfield C. J. T. Mawson, Manchester—Royal Hotel, Manchester..• 111 T. Mills, Cockfield—Six Bells, Bury St. Edmunds 12 J. Old, Bridgewater—Crown, Bridgewater A. Parker, Cheltenhani..•••••aoyal Hotel, Cheltenhain Rigby and Co. Liverpool—George, Liverpool Same parties—George, Liverpool J. Ryder, Liverpool—George, Liverpool J. Saville, Milnsbridge, Almondbury—K ing's Head, Molded ll W. Skinner, Whissendine, Rutland—Nelson inn, Oakham „11 J. Stocks, Manchester—White's Hotel, Manchester ...... HOP INTELLIGENCE. BOROUGH, JULY 24.—The amounts generally state the bind . do not branch out this year so well as expected, and manya rs affected by fire-blast ; still the duty maintains itself at 180 0 7; to 195,000/. In a few days we may expect to hear whetite late rains will improve them. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. July 24.—The accounts from the plantations this Inuritilt speak of the very general fall of rain attended with wind ; but .' so early a period it is iraposiible to form any correct (vim_ what effect it may have on the crop. Up to this time the rep o 7 have been favourable from all quarters. Duty calle d I9° ' 4)°° Pric nominal. t. art NO S ' M es AIDSTONE, JULY 20.—The Hop accounts this %Veen so favourable, the Planters complain they do not mile I n to lAt st eo. kindly, and have the appearance of only a top crop ; %` t in C ° .:o quence the duty is lower from 10,000/. to 15,0001. ; but . 0 %414 1 not hear of any alteration in the trade, which continues am dull. WORCESTER, July 19.—0 n Saturday 93 pockets w ere vireighi:ll! prices 61. 15s. to 8/. The accounts from the Plaut3 me .tur generally as favourable as they were last week, but in so tions it is thought the want of rain will prove injeriol l ' plants are getting fast into burr. The letters front Lou. 1 0 " day, state that in consequence of unfavourable accounts ill° Plantations, the duty fell yesterday to 180,0001. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the MetropoJk is RP. a - 1 , 41. Loaf—There are others who sell from a halfpenny W pence halfpenny below , that prim . New English Red Cl P os i,t e l r C Seet E ° I (per E C ED vrt. 8. )................ ---jc" V.is. 6. 56 . I. 'l'. Old Ditto Ditt . aCia. 48s. tine 50s. : New Foreign Ditto - _ As f . l oe t • ,),• 0. Old Ditto Ditto .3•21. 445. line'' New White Clover „ _ bk. 60s. tine o4 ; Old Ditto 14 1 ) . t: l i d , t w gi . 13 cIf t ‘ a ruie . c s i l m il w-Ay Seed _ : -------- 4 :0. 8.-1;". . 2541 4; ...: fit f i t'n l i f ee e ."4-1 37 :: : .: . i ....... 004. 308. Ms. tio t o. Foreign Ditto .-......—..—.—.. Ws. 286. Stk. AO p o r, Coriander —.—......... Ws. 18s. 21s. tin' Oh St. Foin ......................(per Quarter) ooi SG/ 453, Oil 0, . N. 31s. 111)e ~ is seeding 30 1 . " c SY , tto, for crushing Olk. 30s. 335. t1,, a. „ 0 0 :angry Seed Y: , 19 . xv.. 7 ....8.18. 86s. line, 82s. tkiss. ""--40, Rye Grass l'acey Ditto _ . . • ti White Mastard Seed ...---(per 0113 - . laa. es Brown Ditto 1 1 ••••1 1. ...•••••••• • ••••• • •••••••••.•••••• 00#• •16d, Ittak - at Turnip Seeds Tares ' Old sa, Od. 7s; OLL fine Rs. OcL New 71. Os. do t w Itupe Seed, Engli.sh, fine (per Last) 2SI. to Foreignla PRICE OF OIL. .0 0 4 Rape Oil, brown 411. Os. .......Relined Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton r p - WHITECHAPEL HAY MAR to 70s. Od. to 100 .Od. Straw Sr. lover 90s. Od. to 120& Od. PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—Jess 24. Pockets. to 1 4 Kent 181 Os. 111. (k. to 121. 12s. Kent . UL r: t o I # Sussex LO. Os. 91. Lis. to ILL Os. Sussex %"" t o It Essex 91, !)s. 101. 10s. to 111. Ils. Essex 91. Os- Farnham, tine (Pockets) ID.. Os. to I . Os.—sec:ondo, UI. Os. Old Duty laid at 1115001101. PRICE OF POTATOES.—JM 24. c o. New Potatoes ss. I. 7s. per - PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. d. Per lb. 12 1 1 1 Butts to 19 to lel Tan ne d Ho m e t Ditto to 22 to 23 * m i s t, , # Dressing Hides 13 to 15 9 0 Per &sea. Fine Coach Hides 16 to 17 Calf Skins...—. 36 to gt. PO Crop Hides, 35 to 4016. T out Ditto_ 59 to riv,,,17 45 to 501 b. 1 to 16 Ditto 70 to 14 I " Ditto • to 131 Small Seals, Oreeolt • S' RA W Per Stone. s. cL s. Best Heifers and Steers 2 4 to 2 11 2 0 to Si Si Per Stone. Ordinary Market Calf r. ?“, I.• 1' I 011: / 0 ~ SHEEP SKINS W. to us. T Larnb5.......1a.01' to COAL MARKET —Tiny 22. :10; L s. d. l Collingwood 0 Wylarn a. 28 0 Pelaw ' Tr 0 Felling Main 6 Wa ll slbidßewicke3s 0 Titnliek i 00 0 O t Heaton 32 9 W. E Brown's 30 0 Lalzbt" fiebburn Main 11 3W. E. Green' s 28 6 CowFS O ) Holywell 3 W. F. Hotspur id 6 Ston e cth oCl2rl„,' Killingworth 90 6W. E Newmareh 3Y 0 Ston_..? y 1 pd Liddell's Main...—. 1 0 6 6 W. E Northumb. 30 3 1 4434 , rl"", rt,7,,5 - Lo Pontop 'Windsor 27 6 W. E Russell's Sid Percy 28 6W. E. Riddell': Si 9 Wa" S— vri r Tanfleld W. E. Walker 0 W. . 14 r r l if iri ' W. s i d>" . Townley 29 0 Ships at Market. 106--.Bhips so u. Walls a . 00, )0 V BIRTH. a La 0 1), Earl of t ter 2 4 t , the was safely delivered o f a son an d he i r. ayt of n the ows H ley on. i E awa n ni eas cho. hire, Al P 9l°. ' MARR . At St. Botolph, Altlgate, 11&. F. Saar "' °1 01 s to tree A t ir Atlaerica. rgare scivar tha,!aughter of Mr. J. B. Saweriaulh dens On b te ise 7d in h t t e , co a u t n c ty hel of t i e l a nl iED lai nve n ' t , , of t A few days since, in Tavistock-row, Covent-01164,00e brow, youn th by e .a on c4p ce t f a a i v n o‘_;: orr ite j e s; olumbine. Her tides s.'l3e Blanchard,•and she was taken from the Sailler'e she ea t " s lsu l- ird matrimonial state with hfr. W aft yb er roN w v. l'ic A li t It do Queen-street, May-fair, with Lord Craven. Shea ft',l, - - 0;44 ried a Mr. Dobson, an attorney ; and at his death at":„ -renal vows with another. He alas di e d, in ," , 0 1,0 a Mr. White, whose name she died with. She 01 0 1) s spectable lodging-bowie, in Villiers-street, Strou, /011 ears resided on Finehl e y Conunon. She cam e to *O,OO edical advice, and died at the age of 62' H e r rel interred in the church-yard of St- Paul's , Covent-gatti At Over Cdrubee, Fife, on the 2 9 th ult., Mehi a musician of considerable notoriety ; he was a nativ e fre4lo7 ty her, and had been a soldier in early life, but had bee l .,, f sg' y punished for his too free indulgence in h is favourite,Dey,,, mountain dew. He was ill only two days, and 0 rite iie ti # died, finding himself a little better , he tuned his fav°,,,,ilo 1 ; pito' o ,4 l meat, the violin, and played over a nu mber of SO' rec t i c 11 , 4 # an hour before his death, with an enthusiasm al" 11 , 1 0 truly astonishing. He was decentl y interred in the of the parish. Print ed and p u bu i phed by AI. YOIING1 ) 041.* , oci Na. 112, Strand.